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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6122
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5068
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING BO ARDS OF POLICE COMMI SSIONERS
ESTABLISHED BY SPECI AL ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-274 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) Any town may, by ordinance, establish a board of police 3
commissioners to be elected, in accordance with the provisions of 4
section 9-201 or to be appointed by the council or board of directors of 5
a town, the common council or other body empowered to make 6
ordinances of a city, the board of burgesses of a borough or the board 7
of selectmen of a town not having a council or board of directors, 8
provided in a town having both a board of selectmen and a 9
representative town meeting such ordinance may designate the 10
representative town meeting as the appointing authority, for the 11
purpose of organizing and maintaining a police department in such 12
town. Such board shall consist of three, five or seven electors, all of 13
whom shall be resident taxpayers of such town. Such commissioners 14
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and shall 15
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disbursements incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid 17
from the town treasury. 18
(b) For any town in which a board of police commissioners has been 19
established pursuant to a special act, such town may, by ordinance, 20
adopt the provisions of such special act and any amendment to such 21
act. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 7-274
PD Joint Favorable